Glenfern Villas Franz Josef

... to let him behind the wheel). <br>We found our hostel at about 2 AM (again armed with an address and no map). After we found the place and parked, we realized it was SO cold up there! I was not prepared for NZ weather! I had a backpack of summer clothes I wore in Australia, which were useless now. We kind of made a joke when we walked up to the hostel door that sounded something like, "that would suck to sleep in the car here!" Hmmm. So we get to the front door and see that it is ...

... narrow 'alleyways' etc. One of the other guides had the misfortune of hitting his toe with an ice pick and had to be helicoptered out of the place. Had an absolute ball on the ice plains and didn't get back into town until around 5pm. Went for a few drinks and bit of food with Ali before heading back to hostel around 11. Planned to head to where the Kiwi group was staying bus was too fecked.

... the town which knocked up a nice garlic bread and Denver Leg Venison Medallions seared and roasted rare, on a herbed sweet potato and pumpkin mash, Portobello mushroom and whole wild blueberry jus washed down with Rockburn Pinot Noir 2007 &#8211; this convinced me that there was somewhere in the South Island where fine dining was not just eating with a knife and fork! For the first time since Hong Kong I am now up to date with my blog!

... which I found very difficult. Every time I took a step forward I slipped back. After a few hours we reached the high point, where we got a fabulous view of the whole glacier. It was beautiful. We had more steep climbs and walks past lakes of a deep blue. There was lots of water on the glacier, which made it slippery - David even managed to put his foot in a puddle that looked like ice. After 6 hours scrambling about through the cracks and caves in the ...

... ve to scale six ice walls with a pick and our krampons (all the time safely harnessed into some rope thing). Its great - the climbing is actually very difficult and for some reason girls seem to be better at it than men - as they get the idea of using their legs much quicker. Surprising given they spend most of the time with their legs in the air and not stuck in a glacier ;-). I manage four of the climbs which are ...

... hiking due to a recent heavy rain. <br><br>Knowing what was just ahead of me up Highway 6 - two impressive glaciers sitting incredible close to the ocean, a phenomenon unheard of elsewhere in the world - I cut my beach time short and drove onward to the of Fox Glacier. I arrived in this quaint town adjacent to the glacier just prior to sunset and was ale to capture some pretty cool shots of the dusk light reflecting off the glacier, followed ...

Wellingtonist lendasime ühe väikseima lennukiga Westporti. Lennuk oli täis - kõik 16 kohta - ja piloodi ning reisijate vahel polnud ust, kõik nägid sama vaadet, mida piloot. Ja muide, lennukis ei saanud isegi mina korralikult püsti seista, nii väike oli! Ri jaoks oli see kõige lahedam lend elus ning lõpuks läksid tal ka kõrvad lahti :) Ja veel suurem oli üllatus, kui jõudsime "lennujaama". Nimelt oli tegemist lihtsalt ühe pisikese ...